Easy Way to Make Tasty Scottish Shortbread

Hello everybody, welcome to my recipe site. Today I will show you how to make a special dish, Scottish Shortbread. It is one of my favourite food recipe, this time i’am gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Scottish Shortbread Recipe.

You can cook Scottish Shortbread using 4 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Scottish Shortbread

1. Take 1 lb of butter softened.
2. Make ready 1 cup of sugar.
3. Take 4-4 1/2 cups of flour (approximately).
4. Make ready Pinch of salt.

Scottish Shortbread step by step

1. Cream butter and sugar.
2. Sift flour and salt.
3. Add about 4 cups of flour to butter mixture a 1/2 cup or so at a time mixing thoroughly between additions until dough forms a ball adding more flour as needed.
4. Roll out into a rectangle or press evenly into a 9 by 12 baking pan (I use a glass baking pan).
5. About 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick, score with a knife into approximate 1 1/2 x 3 inch pieces and dock with a fork.
6. Bake in a 325 Degree oven for 60 to 75 minutes until lightly browned.
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8. Cool in pan for 5 minutes and cut along score marks while still warm, remove from pan and cool on wire rack.
9. Yield 24 biscuits.